Automatic gate



D. W. MCCALLUM.

AUTOMATIC GATE.

APPLICATION FILEuNov'. 29. |918.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

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D. W. McCALLUM.

AUTOMATIC GATE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 29. IsIs.

PatentedSept. 28,1920.

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AUTOMATIC GATE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, i918.

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Patented Sept. 28

PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL W'. MCCALLUM, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AUTOMATIC GATE.

Specificationv of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2S, 1920.

Application filed November 29, 1918. Serial No. 264,575.

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Be it lrnown that I, DANIEL lV. MCCAL LUM, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis and State of ./issourh have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Gates, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, references being had to accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. l

My invention relates to improvement in automatic lgates and has for its primary ob- 1 'ect agate which is raised verticall VVb the trip of a lever, thus preventing the stalling ofthe gate in a deep snow, which is com.

L mon with automatic swinging gates of the present type.

'A further object is to provideV a gate which will automatically operate by the contact of vehicle wheels with levers located in the wheel path and do away with thencrailroads so that when the approaching train across the tracks.

comes within a predetermined distance of a public road crossing, the gate'is automatically lowered s'o as to close the In the drawings:

Figure 1Y is a Afront view of my device showing the gate in raised position by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and viewing the same.

in the direction of the arrow.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the operating mechanismmade use of.

lFig. 4l is a view of a locking mechanismv with parts in section which holdsthe .gate in upright position.

Fig. 5 is a view o1c the mechanis opens and closes the gate. f

Fig. 6 is a view taken on the line 6-6ot Fig. 1 viewing the same in the direction 0i the arrow and showing the means for holding the gate against swinging movement.

In the construction of my device, I provide a gate 7 which is constructed of a pair of horizontal bars 8 and 9 and a plurality of vertical pickets 10. These pickets 10 are swivelly connected to the bars 8 and 9 by ID which passage counter-weightlS. This counter weightA may be formed either solid or be hollow so that heavy material may be placed therein which will act as a counter balance for the weight of the gate.

Attached to the bottom'end of the counterweight 18 is a cable 19 which cable is wound around a drum 20, this drum 2O being secured between the bearings 21. The drum 20 is loosely mounted on a shaft 22 and securing the drum 20 to the shaft 22 is a coil spring 28 which acts as a buii'er so as to absorb the strain, whenone oi the trip levers, herein after to be described, is struck by a rapidly moving vehicle, thus taking the strain or sudden `iolt off of the gate 7 and its operating cables.

The coil spring 23 acts similar to the coil spring in a shade roller in that it'talres up any sudden olt olf of the drum 20 but is v0f suicient strength that when the initial shock has been taken up by the spring the roller 20is revolved by the spring and the gate will be raised. 1

Securely attached to the shaft 22 is a second drum 24 around which is a cable 25, both ends of which are attached to a lever 26, the `cable 25 operating the drum 24 and shaft 22 so as to wind or unwind the cable 19., Around the drum20 is also wound a cable 27, which is attached to a link 28, Which unwinds when the cable 19 is wound upon the drum 20 and to wind when the cable 19 is unwound The cables 19 and 27 having the tendency to pull the gate up or down when the device is operated.

'The lever 26 is pivotally mounted as indicated by the numeral 28 which pivot is practically midwayjoi its length and se.- cured near the outer ends of this leverare cables 29, these cables 29- being attached to arms 30 of the tripping mechanism consisting of a sleeve 31, which forms an integral part of the arms 30 and a U-shaped lever 32, which is provided with a bearing portion 33 and shaft 311 extending through the bearing 33 and 31. This sha'it 34 is mounted in a support 3.5, which support isimounted on abase 36, this base being of any suitable construction. On the bearing 33 is an arm 37, which is formed integral therewith and projecting from the bearing 33 is a pin 38. This pin 38 contacts with a pin 39 formed on Vthe armr 30, these pins operating the arm Vwhich operates the locking bolt 43.

Owlien the U-shaped lever is operated inr one directionand` when the U-shaped lever 32 is operated in the opposite direction, the

arm 3() is not disturbed or operated. ,t

To the arinB'T is connected a cable 40,

Vwhich, isattached to `abell crank lever 4:1, this bell crank lever operatingthe locking device., To the short end of the bell crank lever /llis attached an L-shaped lever 42, rllliis lockingbolt is located in tlie'casing 4e and vis provided with a cylindricalprojection Ll.

Surrounding this cylindrical projection andV located within the" casing 44 isa coil spring 46,7this coil spring having atendency to Vforce the bolt or locking device 4-3 down- 'wardly :Connected to the bolt'or locking 2.5'

device 43 is a yoke e7, this yoke being provided with members 48, which members have vertical slots fl9rformed therein, these slots allowing rivets or like connecting members to extend therethrough-,so that the bolt 43 maybe raised from one side onlygand'will not interfere with the bell ycrankmechanisin on the other side. f

- Attached to the lever 26 is a bar l, which i slides inV the housing 4,4. This bar is provided with an opening 52 inwhicli the locking bolt 4:3 is adapted to beseated when the gatef is raised. In order to provide a. quick return of the lever 26,`I provide a coil spring 53,which haslthe tendency to draw the lever back to its original or starting position. rIlhe cable 25 is attached to the lever 26' atpoints indicated by the numerall` and from there passes over the slieavel wheels 55"and around the'drum 24. In order to bring the U-shaped'leverinto upright posi# tion, I provide a coil spring 56, so that when the vehicle has passed over these levers they will assume their'veitical position immel I diately and be ready for the next impact of swinging movement of thereof. v

The operation of my device'is` as follows: .A vehicle, driving along the road, strikes the Ushaped lever 4thus, ,raising the gate as indicated by the dotted lines in liig.V land afterl the vehicle Vhas passed through the gate, it strikes the oppositeV U-shaped lever lthus releasing the bolt and allowing the gate to close. In this way there is no swinging gate or overhead levers as have been used up to this time and by use of the counter weight, the strain put on the raising cables can be reduced to a" minimum or, in other words, the gatecan be made to weighsui'iicient so that stock can'` not raise the same .toV enter or leave the premises. Y -Having fully described my invention,vv

what I claim is: v

1. An automatic gate comprising a pair of horizontal bars, two Vertical standards, the uppermost horizontal bar being giv-l otally atta'cliec'i to one of said verticalstandards, Vcablesswivelly attached to the upperthe bottom `portion soV most 'horizontal -bar,'a roller 'around wliiclr said cables are wound, a shaft carrvingsaid" roller, a spring interposed between the roller and shaft, a second roller securely mounted on said shaft, a cable` wound around said secondjroller,A a lever'mechanisinto which said second mentioned cableis attached, andV means for operating the lever mechanism to revolve both rollers. 'f

of horizontal bars, two vertical standards, the uppermost horizontal bar being pivotallyattached to one of said vertical standards, a socket carried by the opposite standard toreceive one end of'said horizontal bai',

cables swivelly lattachedto the uppermost horizontal bai', afroller around which said cables' are wound, a shaftV carrying said roller, a spring interposed between'tlie roller and shaft, a second roller securely mounted on said shaft, a cable wound'arou'nd said second roller, a lever mechanism tovwliicli said vsecondmentioned cable' is attached, and means. Yfonoperating the lever mecha'- nism to revolvebotli rollei'sfor raising and loweringthe gate.

In'testimony whereof, IV h avesigned my nam'eto this specification, in the presence of i two' subscribing witnesses.

. DANIEL WV. MCCALLUM.

Vlitnesses:V Y Y EDWARD E. LONGAN, IVALTER C. STEIN.

. Y 2. lAn' automatic' gate comprising a. "pair, 

